
The Chicago Back Institute at Swedish Covenant Hospital
Chicago, Illinois 60625 United States
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Dr. Jerrel Boyer, DO, Chicago, IL, 60625
As a Board-Certified Neurological Surgeon in Chicago, Dr. Jerrel Boyer has 14 years of experience and regional recognition as both an intracranial tumor surgeon and spine surgeon. He specializes in cranial, pain and nerve procedures, as well as minimally invasive spine surgery. He served as chief of the neurological surgery and neuroscience department at King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky, the most highly awarded hospital in Kentucky. Dr. Boyer is involved in medical mission trips to Nigeria, which he plans to coordinate at Swedish Covenant Hospital in the future.
The Chicago Back Institute's neurological surgeons are nationally and internationally recognized by their peers for their outstanding clinical skills, expertise and innovative approaches to surgical and non-surgical spinal care. As a part of Swedish Covenant Hospital, the Chicago Back Institute shares in the hospital's focus on healing, patient involvement and advanced treatment technology.
Dr. Jerrel Boyer is a Neurosurgeon with The Chicago Back Institute.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Back pain
- Cervical spine disorders
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Head injury
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Tumors
- Upper back pain
- Whiplash
Treatments
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
- Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion (AxiaLIF)
- Back surgery
- Bracing
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion (DLIF)
- Discectomy
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Interspinous process spacers
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neck surgery
- Percutaneous Spinal Fusion
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Scoliosis surgery
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal fusion
- Spinal manipulation
- Spine Surgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Upper back surgery
- Upper cervical specific techniques
- XLIF (lateral lumbar interbody fusion)
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery